NEWS BRIEFS

KIDAPAWAN CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Nancy Catamco today lauded the women police officers for their vital role in promoting peace and harmony in the work place and at home.

Catamco was guest of honor and speaker when the (North) Cotabato police provincial office, led by Colonel Maximo Layugan, kicked off today the month-long celebration of National Women’s Month and the International Women’s Day on March 8.

GEN. SANTOS CITY – Fed up by a neighbor’s frequent peddling of prohibited drugs and seeing suspicious new faces in the community, residents alerted authorities of illegal activities that led to suspects’ arrest.

Director Naravy Duquiatan of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12 said upon receipt of information from disturbed citizens about drug peddling in Barangay Apopong here, a surveillance operation was conducted.